Young Men in Spats

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Young Men in Spats is a collection of short stories by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on 1936-04-03 by Herbert Jenkins, London and in the United States on 1936-07-24 by Doubleday Doran, New York.

The collection, recounting the adventures of various members of the Drones Club, features many familiar characters from Wodehouse's other writings, including Freddie Widgeon and the irrepressible Mr Mulliner. One story, "Uncle Fred Flits By", features the first appearance of Pongo Twistleton and his Uncle Fred, who would go on to feature in four novels, including two appearances at Blandings Castle.

Contents 1 Contents 2 References 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Contents

• "Fate" (Freddie Widgeon)
  • UK: Strand, May 1931
  • US: Cosmopolitan, May 1931 (as "Compromised")
• "Tried in the Furnace"
  • UK: Strand, September 1935
  • US: Cosmopolitan, March 1937
• "Trouble Down At Tudsleigh" (Freddie Widgeon)
  • UK: Strand, May 1935
  • US: Cosmopolitan, May 1939
• "The Amazing Hat Mystery"
  • US: Cosmopolitan, August 1933
  • UK: Strand, June 1934
• "Good-Bye to all Cats" (Freddie Widgeon)
  • US: Cosmopolitan, November 1934
  • UK: Strand, December 1934
• "The Luck of the Stiffhams"
  • US: Cosmopolitan, November 1933
  • UK: Strand, March 1934
• "Noblesse Oblige" (Freddie Widgeon)
  • US: Cosmopolitan, September 1934
  • UK: Strand, November 1934
• "Uncle Fred Flits By" (Uncle Fred)
  • US: Redbook, July 1935
  • UK: Strand, December 1935
• "Archibald and the Masses" (Mr Mulliner)
  • US: Cosmopolitan, August 1935
  • UK: Strand, February 1936
• "The Code of the Mulliners" (Mr Mulliner)
  • US: Cosmopolitan, February 1935
  • UK: Strand, April 1935
• "The Fiery Wooing of Mordred" (Mr Mulliner)
  • US: Cosmopolitan, December 1934
  • UK: Strand, February 1935

The U.S. edition contains a slightly different selection of stories from the UK version: "Tried in the Furnace" and "Trouble Down At Tudsleigh" are missing, and are replaced by three Oldest Member stories, "There's Always Golf", "The Letter of the Law" and "Farewell to Legs", which would all appear in the UK in Lord Emsworth and Others (1937). "Tried in the Furnace", meanwhile, would appear in the U.S. equivalent to Lord Emsworth and Others, known as Crime Wave at Blandings (also 1937), and "Trouble Down At Tudsleigh" was included in the U.S. version of Eggs, Beans, and Crumpets (1940).

[edit] References

• Midkiff, Neil. The Wodehouse short stories. "Neil Midkiff's P. G. Wodehouse pages". Retrieved on April 24, 2006.

[edit] See also

• Categorised list of Wodehouse's short stories

[edit] External links

• The Russian Wodehouse Society's page, with a list of characters for each story
• Fantastic Fiction's page, with details of published editions, photos of book covers and links to used copies